Balancer - Installation

  1. Lubricate and fit the right hand bearing, washer and circlip to the shaft.
  2. Fit the left hand bearing sleeve and circlip to the balancer shaft.
    3. Balancer LH Bearings (ckmf_1)

    1. Balancer shaft

    2. Needle roller bearing

    3. Bearing sleeve

    4. Circlip

    5. Needle roller bearing circlip

    note
    Before fitting the balancer shaft to the crankcase, lubricate the rollers of the needle roller bearing with new engine oil which meets specification API SH (or higher) and JASO MA.
  3. Fit the needle roller bearing and circlip to the balancer shaft.
    4. caution
    If the balancer and crankshaft are not correctly aligned, severe engine vibration will occur leading to damage to components.
  4. Locate the balancer to the crankcase aligning the balancer gears and crankshaft as shown in the illustration below, while ensuring that the bearing circlips locate correctly in their corresponding grooves in the crankcase.
    5. Balancer Gear alignment (ckmh)

    1. Balancer drive gear mark

    2. Crankshaft marking

  5. Check that the balancer and crankshaft are correctly aligned before continuing to assemble the crankcase halves (see Crankcases - Assembly).